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Empowering students to be independent learners by placing the learner at the centre of the educational process. Focus on developing school-wide information literacy process and extending creative and critical thinking skills.
 * Westhaven EHSAS Project 2007-2010**
 * **Proposal** || [[file:Westhaven_EHSAS - 14 March 2007_final.doc]] ||
 * **Project Overview Sheet** || [[file:Westhaven Overview.xls]] ||
 * media type="custom" key="1982202"Shared Outcome Statement**

Our cluster comprises three schools that are close in proximity. Students from Ponsonby Intermediate contribute to both St Mary’s College and Auckland Girls’ Grammar School. We want to ensure that the transition from intermediate to secondary school is smooth for the students by ensuring that;
 * Students engage in powerful learning experiences
 * The three schools form a single learning community, but also retain their special character
 * A common learning language is developed across the learning community,
 * Relevant data is collected, analysed and plans are developed to inform practice

As a cluster, we recognise that teaching students more does not necessarily help them become better learners. We believe that being a learner means enjoying learning and seeing yourself as a learner, seeking out learning as well as knowing how to go about learning. Our focus will be on the explicit teaching and learning of identified information literacy skills and expanding on the critical and creative thinking skills that the schools have been implementing over the past three years enabled through other Ministry of Education initiatives.

Link to St Mary's - i-lit wiki - http://i-lit.pbwiki.com